One of the world’s exceptional clarinettists, in the last few years Paul Meyer has also built up an extensive career as a conductor. He has conducted among
others,the Seoul Philharmonic, Copenhagen Philharmonic, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg,
Munich Chamber Orchestra, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Geneva Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica
di Milano G.Verdi, Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, Sinfonia Varsovia, Belgrade Philharmonic, Bilbao Symphony and Taipei Symphony Orchestra. He toured
France with the Prague Chamber Orchestra and Italy with the Archi Italiana. During the season 2004/05, he has conducted the Orchestre Philharmonique de
Radio France with Michel Portal as soloist, the Orchestre National d’Ile de France, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice, as well as the Scottish Chamber
Orchestra, with Emmanuel Pahud as soloist, on tour in Scotland and Germany.

Paul Meyer has a wide repertoire which includes the major contemporary works for clarinet (Pierre Boulez, Morton Gould, Hans-Werner Henze, Gerd Kuhr, …).
Krysztof Penderecki composed for him a concerto which was premiered at the Bad Kissingen Festival with the Sinfonia Varsovia conducted by the composer.
Luciano Berio has dedicated to him a clarinet concerto - Alternatim – premiered in Europe and in the USA. He also gave a premiere of Michael Jarrell’s
Concerto for clarinet with the Orchestre de Paris and Sylvain Cambreling. This season he is giving a premiere of Jean-Louis Agobet’s Concerto for 3
Clarinets, Quigan Chen’s Concerto with the Strasbourg Philharmonic, as well as with the Shangai Philharmonic under Muhai Tang and J.P.Goude’s Piece
with the Bretagne Orchestra.

Paul Meyer was born in Mulhouse (France) in 1965. Following his debut performance at the age of 13 with the Orchestre Symphonique du Rhin, he went on to
study at the Paris Conservatoire and at the Basler Musikhochschule. Winner of the French Young Musicians Competition in 1982 and of the prestigious USA
Young Concert Artists Auditions in 1984, he went on to give debut concerts in New York and consequently met and became friends with the legendary Benny
Goodman, whose influence and friendship played an important part in Paul Meyer’s career and life.